A statement from the Flagstaff House says president John Mahama has granted amnesty to some 896 prisoners.
A statement from the Flagstaff House said “President John Dramani Mahama has, in commemoration of the 56th Republican Anniversary of the Republic of Ghana, granted amnesty to a total of eight hundred and ninety-six (896) prisoners.”
The freed prisoners are in the following categories:
Article 72(1) of the 1992 constitution says that the President may in consultation with the Council of State grant a person convicted of an offence a pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions.
